Privatization and the Welfare State / / ed. by Alfred J. Kahn, Sheila B. Kamerman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Bendick Jr., Marc,; Brodkin, Evelyn Z.,; Gurin, Arnold,; Kahn, Alfred J.,; Kamerman, Sheila B.,; O\x27higgins, Michael,; Rein, Martin,; Rose, Richard,; Starr, Paul,; Sviridoff, Mitchell,; Young, Dennis,
• HerausgeberIn: Kahn, Alfred J.,; Kamerman, Sheila B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1989
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Studies from the Project on the Federal Social Role ; 980
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)

Looking at the theory and practice of privatization in its broadest manifestations, the contributors to this volume scrutinize the combination of public and private initiatives that makes up the present U.S. social sector. As they discuss privatization both in production and delivery of services and...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• FOREWORD
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• Introduction: Privatization in Context
• PART I. DEFINING PRIVATIZATION
• 1. The Meaning of Privatization
• 2. The Social Structure of Institutions: Neither Public nor Private
• 3. Welfare: The Public I Private Mix
• 4. Privatizing the Delivery of Social Welfare Services: An Idea to Be Taken Seriously
• 5. Making Sense of Privatization: What Can We Learn from Economic and Political Analysis?
• PART II. CASE STUDIES
• 6. Social Welfare and Privatization: The British Experience
• 7. Governmental Responsibility and Privatization: Examples from Four Social Services
• 8. The Local Initiatives Support Corporation: A Private Initiative for a Public Problem
• 9. Child Care and Privatization under Reagan
• Conclusion: Continuing the Discussion and Taking a Stand
• NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
• INDEX